---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001071739-26-000117"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNC"
cik: "0001071739"
company_name: "CENTENE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T20:06:58+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T20:14:07.458268+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Centene holds annual meeting; formalizes executive officer roster including Finke and Carson as group presidents

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected, including Jessica Blume, Kenneth Burdick, Christopher Coughlin; shareholder votes ratified KPMG as auditor.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 349.9M for (31.9M against).
- Shareholder proposal for independent board chairman rejected (72.8M for, 308.6M against).
- Board formally designates Daniel Finke as Group President, Medicaid & Marketplace and Michael Carson as Group President, Medicare & Specialty as executive officers.
- Executive officers defined: CEO Sarah London, CFO Drew Asher, Group Presidents Finke and Carson, COO Susan Smith, GC Christopher Koster, CAO Theodore Pienkos.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001071739-26-000117
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNC
- cik: 0001071739
- company_name: CENTENE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T20:06:58+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173926000117/0001071739-26-000117-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173926000117/cnc-20260512.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CENTENE CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: 3. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP. The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, was ratified based upon the following votes: For Against Abstain 390,477,647 22,337,787 152,625
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173926000117/0001071739-26-000117-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CENTENE CORP shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal regarding an independent board chairman at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: 4. Shareholder proposal regarding an independent board chairman. The shareholder proposal was not approved based upon the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 72,839,667 308,562,931 1,158,361 30,407,100
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173926000117/0001071739-26-000117-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CENTENE CORP shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: 2. Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation. The Company's executive compensation was approved by a non-binding advisory vote based upon the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 349,896,589 31,993,126 671,244 30,407,100
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173926000117/0001071739-26-000117-index.htm

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